Introduction : the caste war uncrossed -- Men newly powerful : how Pueblo politics became a caste war -- The extremes of death or triumph : a society goes to war, 1847-1851 -- Nothing more than a new conquest : a world catches its breath -- The roar of a terrible tempest : liberal reform and the civil wars, 1855-1863 -- The empire comes to Mayab -- A world (mostly) restored : the paradoxes of the republic -- Peace, Porfirian-style : East meets West, and a people contort the past -- Conclusion : violence and the ghost of Santiago Imán
Summary
Explores the origins, process, and consequences of 40 years of nearly continual political violence in southeastern Mexico. Rather than recounting the well-worn narrative of of the Caste War, it focuses on how violence helped shape social and political institutions of the Mexican southeast
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-458) and index
